diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index b9db373358..a41fbd9545 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
-    <uses-permission
-        android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
-        android:maxSdkVersion="32" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" />
     <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID" />
 
     <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
diff --git a/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/QrScanningFragment.kt b/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/QrScanningFragment.kt
index 5118630639..787c7bdfe9 100644
--- a/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/QrScanningFragment.kt
+++ b/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/QrScanningFragment.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import com.tangem.feature.qrscanning.viewmodel.QrScanningViewModel
 import dagger.hilt.android.AndroidEntryPoint
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import timber.log.Timber
+import java.io.IOException
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors
 import javax.inject.Inject
@@ -62,8 +64,15 @@ internal class QrScanningFragment : ComposeFragment() {
     private val galleryLauncher = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.GetContent()) {
         val selectedImage = it ?: Uri.EMPTY
         if (selectedImage != Uri.EMPTY) {
-            val image = InputImage.fromFilePath(requireContext(), selectedImage)
-            analyzer.analyze(image)
+            val mimeType = requireContext().contentResolver.getType(selectedImage)
+            if (mimeType.isImageMimeType()) {
+                try {
+                    val image = InputImage.fromFilePath(requireContext(), selectedImage)
+                    analyzer.analyze(image)
+                } catch (e: IOException) {
+                    Timber.e(e, "Unable to get image $selectedImage from gallery")
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ internal class QrScanningFragment : ComposeFragment() {
             repeatOnLifecycle(Lifecycle.State.STARTED) {
                 viewModel.launchGalleryEvent
                     .collect {
-                        galleryLauncher.launch(it.imageFilter)
+                        galleryLauncher.launch(GALLERY_IMAGE_FILTER)
                         delay(timeMillis = 2000)
                     }
             }
@@ -137,8 +146,13 @@ internal class QrScanningFragment : ComposeFragment() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun String?.isImageMimeType() = this?.startsWith(prefix = "$IMAGE_MIME_TYPE/") == true
+
     companion object {
 
+        private const val IMAGE_MIME_TYPE = "image"
+        private const val GALLERY_IMAGE_FILTER = "$IMAGE_MIME_TYPE/*"
+
         fun create() = QrScanningFragment()
     }
 }
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diff --git a/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningClickIntents.kt b/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningClickIntents.kt
index 5c2ab95304..57bc19b305 100644
--- a/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningClickIntents.kt
+++ b/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningClickIntents.kt
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.SharedFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
-interface QrScanningClickIntents {
+internal interface QrScanningClickIntents {
 
-    val launchGallery: SharedFlow<GalleryRequest>
+    val launchGallery: SharedFlow<Unit>
 
     fun onBackClick()
 
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ interface QrScanningClickIntents {
     fun onGalleryClicked()
 }
 
-@JvmInline
-value class GalleryRequest(
-    val imageFilter: String,
-)
-
 @ViewModelScoped
 internal class QrScanningClickIntentsImplementor @Inject constructor(
     private val stateHolder: QrScanningStateController,
@@ -36,7 +31,7 @@ internal class QrScanningClickIntentsImplementor @Inject constructor(
 
     private var isScanned = false
 
-    override val launchGallery = MutableSharedFlow<GalleryRequest>(
+    override val launchGallery = MutableSharedFlow<Unit>(
         extraBufferCapacity = 1,
         onBufferOverflow = BufferOverflow.DROP_LATEST,
     )
@@ -56,13 +51,9 @@ internal class QrScanningClickIntentsImplementor @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     override fun onGalleryClicked() {
-        launchGallery.tryEmit(GalleryRequest(imageFilter = GALLERY_IMAGE_FILTER))
+        launchGallery.tryEmit(Unit)
         if (stateHolder.value.bottomSheetConfig != null) {
             stateHolder.update(DismissBottomSheetTransformer())
         }
     }
-
-    companion object {
-        private const val GALLERY_IMAGE_FILTER = "image/*"
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningViewModel.kt b/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningViewModel.kt
index a504e00e9f..ceff5566d6 100644
--- a/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningViewModel.kt
+++ b/features/qr-scanning/impl/src/main/java/com/tangem/feature/qrscanning/viewmodel/QrScanningViewModel.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ internal class QrScanningViewModel @Inject constructor(
     private val network: String? = savedStateHandle[AppRoute.QrScanning.NETWORK_KEY]
 
     val uiState: StateFlow<QrScanningState> = stateHolder.uiState
-    val launchGalleryEvent: SharedFlow<GalleryRequest> = clickIntents.launchGallery
+    val launchGalleryEvent: SharedFlow<Unit> = clickIntents.launchGallery
 
     init {
         // samsung for some reason disables reader mode, and then it works unstable